Staff Firmware Engineer

About Marvell

Marvell’s semiconductor solutions are the essential building blocks of the data infrastructure that connects our world. Across enterprise, cloud and AI, automotive, and carrier architectures, our innovative technology is enabling new possibilities.

At Marvell, you can affect the arc of individual lives, lift the trajectory of entire industries, and fuel the transformative potential of tomorrow. For those looking to make their mark on purposeful and enduring innovation, above and beyond fleeting trends, Marvell is a place to thrive, learn, and lead.

Your Team, Your Impact

Marvell is a leading provider of innovative technologies, including ultra-fast read channels, high-performance processors, leading edge transceivers, highly efficient analog designs, and powerful cryptographic engines. These solutions address all segments of the hard disk drive (HDD) and solid-state drive (SSD) electronics markets, providing complete solutions including controllers, product firmware, and reference board designs. Many of the same technologies have been utilized in Marvell system solutions products, powering PCs, servers, cloud, and enterprise systems.

What You Can Expect

• Evaluate and define the SSD firmware feature requirements.
• Design, implement and optimize SSD FW features and Common Service FW features.
• Perform failure analysis by using various tools and equipment (identify issues, duplicate problems and fix/assign the issues).
• Pilot the SSD key feature implementation, integration, and performance optimization.
• Pilot the SSD firmware’s continuous improvement or refactor.
• Work across teams/sites, which includes but not limits to: requirement analysis with architecture team, qualification strategies discussion with validation team, emergency problem solving with customer support team.

What We're Looking For

• Experience of the infrastructure software development in the area of software defined storage, or high-speed networking, or SSD/ accelerator device drivers.
• 3+ years' experience with SSD Firmware Development.
• 7+ years' experience in embedded firmware development, digital design, control systems.
• Extensive C/C++ programming experience in embedded system development.
• Hands-on experiences in the ARM based board bring-up and HW driver development.
• Experience on the algorithm and data structure design.
• Strong capability on the legacy C code learning and refactoring.
• Good design documentation and presentation capability.
• Solid knowledge of Gtest, Git, Gerrit, Python, JIRA and wiki.
• Bachelor in Electronics or Computer Systems Engineering, Master and above preferred.

Preferred:

• Experience on the SSD FTL design.
• Experience on the PCIe/NVMe protocol and NAND flash back end design.
• Experience on the embedded OS kernel design and development(uCOS, embOS, …).
• Experience on the Windows based simulation system design.
• Experience on Linux system development environment.

Additional Compensation and Benefit Elements

With competitive compensation and great benefits, you will enjoy our workstyle within an environment of shared collaboration, transparency, and inclusivity. We’re dedicated to giving our people the tools and resources they need to succeed in doing work that matters, and to grow and develop with us. For additional information on what it’s like to work at Marvell, visit our Careers page.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.

Interview Integrity

As part of our commitment to fair and authentic hiring practices, we ask that candidates do not use AI tools (e.g., transcription apps, real-time answer generators like ChatGPT, CoPilot, or note-taking bots) during interviews.

Our interviews are designed to assess your personal experience, thought process, and communication skills in real-time. If a candidate uses such tools during an interview, they will be disqualified from the hiring process.

Export Control Notice

This position may require access to technology and/or software subject to U.S. export control laws and regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). As such, applicants must be eligible to access export-controlled information as defined under applicable law. Marvell may be required to obtain export licensing approval from the U.S. Department of Commerce and/or the U.S. Department of State. Except for U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, or protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), all applicants may be subject to an export license review process prior to employment.

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